Individualized low-load motor control exercises and education versus a high-load lifting exercise and education to improve activity, pain intensity, and physical performance in patients with low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.

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70 patients with nociceptive mechanical low back pain were asked to participate in this study, were given education about the mechanisms of pain, and were randomized to either a low-load motor control (LMC) exercise group or a high-load lifting (HLL) exercise group. Patient-Specific Functional scale and visual analog scale (VAS) pain were the main outcomes of focus, while secondary assessments consisted of components of a physical performance test battery. Results indicated that while both groups improved in terms of pain, strength, and endurance, the low-load motor control group demonstrated more favorable Patient-Specific Functional Scale and movement control test subscale scores when compared to the high-load lifting exercise group.